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"Flag Day" by Dorothy Les Tina

Vocabulary:

observance

rememberance

adopted

designated

Interesting Fact:

Flag Day was officially designated June 14th by President Harry Truman in 1949 when he signed an Act of Congress.

Study Questions:

How did Flag Day grow from the Stony Hill School in 1885 to Woodrow Wilson in the White House 31 years later?

What is Cigrand's personal history?

What happened to the Stony Hill School?

U.S. historical events that occurred on June 14:

1777: The Stars and Stripes is adopted as the national flag by the Continental Congress.

1954: The words "under God" were added to the Pledge of Allegiance.

June 14

June 14, 1885: The first observance of Flag Day in the U.S. took place at Waubeka in Ozaukee County by Bernard J. Cigrand, a teacher at Stony Hill School. He campaigned to have June 14 a national remembrance day. This was the day in 1777 when the Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed June 14 as Flag Day in 1916.

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